3 1/2-Story-High ‘Death Clock’ in N.Y. to Tally Gun Killings
A 3 1/2-story-high “death clock” that will tick off the nation’s gun killings was set up Wednesday near Times Square.
Financier Robert E. Brennan, who pledged $1 million for the clock, said he hopes it will draw attention to “the ugly story of gun deaths in this country.”
The digital clock is set in a billboard erected at a cost of $300,000 atop a nine-story building at Broadway and 47th Street.
Brennan said the number of deaths will be updated continually with data from federal agencies. It will begin its count Jan. 1.
Conservative figures estimate 15,000 Americans died by gunfire last year and 65,000 were wounded, said Rep. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.
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